The cross-border tourism forum "Cross-border cooperation - the basis for the development of the tourist border regions of Bella Dvina and the Baltic Lake District" will be held in Polotsk on May 23-24 as part of the European Union project "Bella Dvina-2".

The work of an educator is important and noble; its results largely determine the history of a country and influence the fate of generations.

Investment projects of residents of a free economic zone (FEZ) must undergo an examination. This opinion was expressed today to journalists by Yulia Avhukava, Deputy Chairperson of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control.

A Confucius Classroom is planned to be opened in Vitebsk at Secondary School No. 44, announced the head of the educational institution, Sergey Pitolenko, during the visit of an official delegation from Jinan, People's Republic of China, to Vitebsk.

Tactical special exercises have begun in the Vitebsk region at sites with mass gatherings of people, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

A true celebration with weightlifting took place in the assembly hall of the Vitebsk State Technological University.

In order to create a truly home-like atmosphere for the little ones, the builders had to make considerable efforts. Now, the boys, girls, and their mothers have at their disposal cozy wards, a playroom, a dining room, a physical therapy room, and a physical therapy office.

The Financial Investigation Department, the KGB, and the Internal Affairs Directorate have stopped the activities of an organized criminal group that was exporting cattle meat outside of Belarus, the regional department of the Financial Investigation Department informed a BELTA correspondent.

The leadership of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee congratulated the crews from the Uste Agricultural Experimental Base. These are the combine operator brothers Oleg and Mikhail Kiselev, as well as the youth crew of Sergey Spotkay and Dmitry Batyukov. It was they who opened the account of "thousand-tonners" in the Pridvinye region.

The earned funds will be transferred to separate accounts of the financial departments of city and district executive committees. Part of the funds has been decided to be directed towards the restoration of the "Breakthrough" memorial complex (Ushachi district), the construction of the House of Mercy in the agro-town of Bychiha, Gorodok district, and the holding of the XXIV International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". The second part of the collected funds is planned to be used for the repair and reconstruction of kindergartens, schools, and other social facilities, as well as for the improvement of settlements.